A2 Wednesday 24th April

As I am away from school today, it gives you a final opportunity to complete your research, planning, products, evaluations, blogs, websites etc. please ensure that you use the time you have wisely and that you do not waste the opportunity.

Currently from my most recent viewing there is a considerable amount to do for many of you. In the end, and the end is this Friday at 5pm, it is your work that I have to mark and grade. So please show me the best that you can be through what you do.

Ms Patel is happy to work in C1 and will I'm sure support you where she can but she too has work to do. It would be sensible at the end of the 4 periods for you to post on the home page of your AP blog, what you did today as evidence of your productivity.

AS NOTES ON AS MARKING AND FEEDBACK PAGE

Please make sure that you read this ASAP and make suitable changes to your blogs.

Deadline is Thursday 5.30pm

A2 SECTION 1A

• Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.
• Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for production developed over time.

• Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

A2 and AS THIS WEEK

Advanced Portfolio

A2 Wednesday 17th

• Working to completion of Evaluations - filming, editing, uploading
• Ensuring that all products are visible on your blogs - video must be uploaded to Youtube of Vimeo using Firefox
• Reviewing all elements of blog and ensuring that this meets the criteria for success (deadline for blog is 26th April)

All evaluations MUST be completed and uploaded by 5pm Friday the 19th of April


AS Thursday 18th

• Working to completion of Evaluations - filming, editing, uploading
• Ensuring that all film openings are visible on your blogs - must be uploaded to Youtube of Vimeo using Firefox
• Reviewing all elements of blog and ensuring that this meets the criteria for success (deadline for blog is 26th April)

All evaluations MUST be completed and uploaded by 5pm Thursday 18th of April

NOTE: THE MEDIA ROOM WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO YOU WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL OR THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL.

EASTER HOLIDAY REVISION

There will be sessions for AS and A2 in the holidays.

Tuesday 9th April

• A2      9.30-12 & 12.30-3 (evaluations)
• AS     12.30-3 (evaluations)

Wednesday 10th April

• AS      12.30-3 (exam prep)

All are expected to attend.

AS Foundation Portfolios

Thursday 28th March

Work to completion of your film openings and upload to blogs.

Once video is complete:

• share to movie
• upload to youtube or vimeo (try using Firefox to upload to Youtube/Vimeo)
• embed in blog

Alternatively, if this doesn't work

• share to movie
• upload to blog (quality will not be as good but it should work) 

If this doesn't work for you please do contact: ITsupport@brentford.hounslow.sch.uk

All Foundation Portfolio Film openings MUST be uploaded by the end of the day.

If you have already completed this then please work on evaluations and your blog. 

Confirm that you have read and understood this by posting on your blog what you have done today.

A2 Advanced Portfolio

Wednesday 27th March

Work to completion of all production elements and upload to blogs/websites.

Once video is complete:

• share to movie
• upload to youtube or vimeo (try using Firefox to upload to Youtube/Vimeo)
• embed in blog/website

Alternatively, if this doesn't work

• share to movie
• upload to blog (quality will not be as good but it should work) 

All AP production, main and ancillaries MUST be uploaded by the end of the day.

If you have already completed this then please work on evaluations and your blog/website. 

Confirm that you have read and understood this by posting on your blog what you have done today.

AS Film openings - THURSDAY DEADLINE

All must be completed by Thursday deadline.

THERE WILL BE LESSONS 1-4 ON THURSDAY JUST AS USUAL.

You have that time in addition to the time you use in class after school on Monday or Tuesday.

I am expecting to see as many of you as possible after Tuesdays Media class as this is the ideal time to complete.

EASTER REVISION

The easter revision sessions will be 

• Tuesday the 9th from 12.30-3 - CW evaluations work
• Wednesday the 10th 12.30-3 - Section A exam prep

All are expected to attend.

A2 DEADLINES, ESSAYS AND COMPLETION

You all know the deal. Wednesday.

Please make sure that you also submit the essays set by Monday too, you need the practice and you need to make progress with your exam work. The big push is on and you CAN do it. if you really try,

• Habiba - please bring you ancillary 2 or upload to your website - you need feedback to do the evaluations
• Rana and Hodo - ensure that you have both ancillaries completed and that you finish your sound edit in time - as with Habiba you need feedback
• Jess - well done for uploading your recent work, now ensure that you recut, improve and get feedback
• Lauren and Rebecca - complete and upload final ancillary
• Yasmin - ancillary two - please have a new version of this - you can remember use photoshop remotely to do it
• Josh and Valeriya - complete and upload

The fact is ladies and gent, you are really close to producing some excellent work and once it is done you will feel so much better and you will be free to focus on your evaluations, making your websites and blogs work perfectly and exam prep.

Do yourselves the favour and complete.

I will be able to give you access to iMacs subject to negotiation on Monday from 11am onwards.

EASTER REVISION SESSIONS

All day Tuesday the 9th of April - 9.30-12 and 12.30-3
Work on Evaluations

FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO AS

REMINDER - AS IF YOU NEED ANOTHER

YOUR FILM OPENING MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE.

INCOMPLETE WORK CANNOT GET LEVEL 3 OR ABOVE AND TENDS TO GET LEVEL 1

DON'T WASTE THIS CHANCE TO SECURE A GOOD GRADE.

DON'T WASTE THE VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED ACCESS YOU HAVE TO THE MEDIA ROOM TO COMPLETE YOUR WORK.

NB. Any borrowed equipment must be returned ASAP.